North Korea says that it does not have soldiers fighting for Russia in Ukraine. Last week Ukrainian President Zelensky said that was the case but he’s a buffoon and a liar so…
Speaking at the UN General Assembly, a North Korean representative dismissed the allegations, saying this: “As for the so-called military cooperation with Russia, my delegation does not feel any need to comment on groundless and stereotype rumors aimed at smearing the image of the DPRK and undermining the legitimate friendly and cooperative relations between sovereign states.” He added that the “so-called arms transfers between sovereign states is totally incompatible with this thematic debate.”
The Kremlin has also said that North Korean troops in Ukraine is a “bogus story.”
South Korea said that if North Korea is fighting in Ukraine on behalf of Russia, they will consider supplying Ukraine with weapons. South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol spoke with new NATO head Mark Rutte and said that if these rumors are true, then South Korea would “intensify security cooperation with NATO and Ukraine. Rutte expressed hope for wider cooperation among the three sides in the military-industrial field.”
Meanwhile on the battlefield in Ukraine, Spanish newspaper El Pais reports something that we’ve been reporting for over a year – namely that Ukrainian soldiers are “increasingly refusing to follow orders and fleeing their positions, accusing their leadership of assigning them suicide missions.”
